This article discusses the move toward greater equality of educational opportunity in Scandinavia with particular emphasis on early childhood education. The increasing demand for preschool education in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden is related to low birth rates together with increased employment of women and the general demand for equality…

Immigrants competed on a limited scale with residents for new jobs in four industrializing rural areas in Arizona, the Central Ozarks, Mississippi, and Arkansas during 1965-70. This study determined: (1) competition for jobs between residents and immigrants; (2) need for immigrants to staff industries; and (3) differences between attributes of…

Statistics are presented regarding the employment situation for engineers during the school year ending in 1975. The overall findings reflect the state of the national economy with a depressed job market. The major changes in this year's placement status of engineering and technology graduates at all degree levels were a large reduction in the…

The purposes of work measurements are to provide an economic indicator for developing counter cyclical fiscal and monetary policy, and to facilitate the development and implementation of more full employment measures. This report presents five part recommendations or guidelines that would improve the use of labor statistics as a vital tool for…

The eighth dispatch contains abstracts of publications from all over the world which focus on vocational education and training development. The first section, News in Brief, consists of 37 abstracts presented under the following topics: forthcoming events, new policies, new institutions, training systems development, training standards,…

The document provides statistics related to 1970-80 United States occupational manpower and training needs, with emphasis on the 17-20 year old population. It consists of three tables on: (1) U. S. employment by occupation--1970 and projected 1980 requirements; (2) increase in employment to 1980 and opportunities for 17 and 20 year olds, by…

This report is one of a series based on a longitudinal study of the postsecondary education and careers of the college freshmen of 1961 and 1966. Findings are categorized into three areas: baccalaureate completion, graduate study, and employment patterns. Regarding baccalaureate completions, highlights indicate: (1) Among the 705,512 freshmen who…

This publication describes the undergraduate programs leading to the attainment of the Bachelor of Technology Degree in New York State. An employer survey instrument was utilized and yielded a test sample of 96 employers of Bachelor of Technology graduates. A second survey sought information from the program directors of existing Bachelor of…

In the 1960's academics, politicians, administrators and industrialists became convinced of the importance of education for economic development. The forecasting of qualified manpower needs was able to turn this new idea into practice. During the decade hundreds of manpower forecasts were made, and innumerable international conferenceses were held…

Section I of this report on the status of women at Harvard discusses the inclusion of women in the faculty, administration, and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Women are underrepresented at the highest and most visible levels of the faculty. Though women constitute roughly 20 percent of the students taught in the Faculty of Arts and…

This report provides an overview of the changing labor force of the 1970's. Employment trends for youth, blacks, women part-time workers, and other groups are projected, after which the report discusses the role of Federal manpower policy in improving the operation of the labor market during inflation, recession, and steady growth. Numerous graphs…

This paper describes the Bureau of Labor Statistics' projections to 1985. Specifically, it focuses on: (1) expected changes in the size and composition of the labor force and the impact of these changes on career opportunities, (2) projected patterns of industrial employment, and (3) future employment prospects by occupation. The paper also…

The Rural Manpower Service as administered by the Tennessee Department of Employment Security provides placement services to rural employers and workers and assures that they receive "equity of access" to manpower services. It is also concerned with assuring that the Rural Development Act is being implemented in a manner designed to give…

The purpose of this study was to determine whether cooperative education programs were more effective in teaching clerical skills, in preparing students for office employment, and in helping them to achieve employment and job success than classroom-laboratory training in office skills alone. Two groups totaling 35 students were compared. A…

A follow-up study of 478 graduates from the University of Virginia School of Nursing was designed to provide information concerning student characteristics, migration patterns, professional employment activities, graduate and/or professional study, professional activities and opinions concerning the elements that contributed most to their…